INSIDE. SECTION B CITY _ JEFF NAGEL B2_ _ 638-7283 - A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! Wednesday, October 27 _SHAMES MOUNTAIN annual general mecting and registration at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Public Library basement. BUTTON BLANKET workshops begin at the Kermode Friendship Centre. They run for 10 weeks, every Wednesday, From 1 to 3 p.m. Regis- ter by calling Patricia at 635-4906. Thursday, October 28 ANDREA LEBOWITZ speaks on feminist literary criticism at 7 p.m. at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. The next night, Fri- day the 29th, she speaks on ferninis! pedagogy. SKEENA VALLEY CAR CLUB holds its an- “| qual general meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Kin Hut at the comer of Sparks and Halliwell. Guest speaker: provincial area vehicle inspector Dennis McLean on standards and regulations. Friday, October 29 KERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY hosts a children’s Halloween Party from 5 to 7 p.m. up- Stairs at the Kermode Friendship Centre. Children “six years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Call 635-4906 for more information. RED CROSS BABYSITTING COURSE starts ‘ Oct, 29 and runs through til Nov. 17 every Wed- . - nesday and Friday. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Skeena School in Rm 18, Call 638-1782 for info. Saturday, October 30 MAGIC SHOW with the great Evandro! 2:00 p-m. at the Terrace Public Library. Whole family is welcome, Manday, November 1 ‘TERRACE DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP holds its founding meeting at the library basement at 7 p.m. For more information call 635-3094 or 638-8323. - DEEP CREEK. HATCHERY annual. general |. meng at 7:30 p.m. at the Inn of the West. oe Tuesday, November2 ~ - qe "LEGION LADIES AUXILLIARY holds its No- BLOOD RITUAL: Gen Roberts helps Kathy Corbett by drawing four times a day to monitor thelr sugar levels, They're re now start a drop of blood for a blood sugar test. Diabetics perform the test DIABETES HEN SHE WAS sixteen, the doctors ~ sald she ‘had five years left to live. ing a support group for other diabetics in Terrace, xe “They gave me five years. | decided then and there | was going to conquer. this and | was going Siivivors pull ogether like heart disease, Kidney aiscas, a blindness, nerve disorders, She is ineligible for extended ona insurance, or life insur- -vernber monthly meeting & p.m. at Legion. . When she was 28, in the gripof 10 live forever.” ; A bouts of insulin shock that left her "Corbett has already experienced - - TERRACE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT . unconscious for days at a time, the onset of some diabetic prob- J group meets at 8 p.m. at Mills Memorial Hospl- they told her she would be dead lems. | tals education room. by age 30. about diabetes. Corbett tested her ‘blood sugar She is losing the feeling in her ; ‘Thursday, November 4 1 mph ALCOHOL ACTION COMMITTEE | |. meets at 7 p.m. in the Norther Networking of- ": floes, atfe-ode Park Ave., the Trigo building. 7 aren : Saturday, November 6 : (CENTENNIAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL craft, - gift and bake sale from 2 to 4 p.m. at the school. Afternoon tea and hourly babysitting available. Now, at 67, Gen Roberts wears 2 grin of fierce determination and clenches a bronze medallion as “her proof against the nay-sayers. For 50 years of courage, it says, . in the face of diabetes. “Every .day’s a gamble,’’ Roberts says. ‘'] have watched my existance every hour of every day and night.” , She learned how to. catry dut her own urinalysis — the only method of testing blood sugar levels in those days. She became an X-ray technician and went on to marry twice and ‘give bitth to her son. Today she has suffered none of the common diabetic complica- after expetiencing weight loss, in- creased thirst, ‘frequent urination - and blurred vision: For the next week she was ina - hospital bed, wondering if she would wake up the next morning. “Tt was lerrifying,”” she said. “It's like you're in a daze. There’s anger, fear, denial. The feeling that your. body has be- hands and feet. You can prick her foot with a pin and draw blood — she can’t feel it. A typical day now includes -biood sugar tesis four times a . day, and between one and five in- sulin injections’ depending on the outcome of those tests. It’s also a neverending vigil to monitor diet and exercise levels, “Traditional Dutch supper from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Careful control of her dict and- tons Tein, yeart disease, . come your enemy.” Corbcit says. Auction of large items, donated services and blood sugar levels is how she “Cnby Giseasé, ane "oss ofsensa- For the first several days, doc- “You're a juggler — you have controls the disease. fon in extremities. tors don’t know how a new to balance these things.”? S specialty crafts, : Y ‘TERRACE HOME-BASED BUSINESS fair * takes’ place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Terrace But ihe will to live came from ~ overhearing one of those prema- ture predictions of her demise. ‘They spoke of the need to find Gen Roberts may be winning the war against diabetes. But for Kathy Corbett, the battle has only just begun diabetic will respond to insulin injections. Over time, cach patient gets to know their own body chemistry Roberts and Corbett are now starting a suppert group for other diabetics in Terrace. ‘Diabetes, (hey say, is a- disease - Arena banquet room. Free admission. in Se : her a vocation, so she could sup-: The 43-year-old Terrace nurse and the response to the drug, food that requires courage. ASUS, Monday, November 8 port herself, because {t was ob- could scarcely -believe it when and exercise becomes more pre- They have plenty, and they’ fe de (rw ma ar DEVELOPMENT Education vious she would never marry. ’ she was diagnosed with diabetes diclable. willing to share. Association will hold its board meeting at the St. That wouldn’t be necessary, an- —carlier this year. . Eventually, she said, you accept The first meeting of the Terrace -Matthew’s Centre 7:30 p.m. Call’ Mary at 635- 1 6233 for more information. aie Saturday, November 13 ila TERRACE HOSPICE SOCIETY arts, crafis, “and bake sale takes place from 9 a.m. to § p.m. et “|. the Coast Inn of the West. Tables are still avail- ]- able phone 638-1265 or 635-3860 by Oct 15. " . Saturday, November 20 |; ‘VERITAS SCHOOL BAZAAR takes. place at : ~ the Veritas gym from 12:30 to 3:30 pam, Saturday, November 27 ‘| A BAZAAR AND TEA will be hosted by St. _ :Matthew’s Anglican Church from 2-4 p.m. at Sh | ; Matthew’ s Centre, of WEDNESDAYS : " SKEENA VALLEY. QUILTERS meet: every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the sewing room at Skeena Junior Secondary School. Beginners and more experienced quilters welcome. Call 635- 2230 for more information. - HUFF AND PUFF Asthma Group holds its monthly meeting the third Wednesday of each : month at the Women’s Resource Centre on Park Ave, from 7 to 9 pm. | LADIES KERMODEI LIONS club meets at the : Inn of the West. Call Carolynn at 638-0707 for times and more info. TERRACE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS |) “Steps to Recovery’? mests at 7 p.m. every Wed- nesday at the Kermode Friendship Centre, - ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS meet - “| Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Women’s — . |. Resource Centre. Contact Karen at 638-0707. other responded; she won't live long. “They gave me five. years,’’ Roberts remembers. “‘I decided then and there I was going to con- quer this and I was going to live forever.”’ She read everything written ‘Healthy and active, Corbeit is an aerobic fitness instructor and a. bodybuilder. . Victims of the disease tend to be overweight, inactive, or al- coholic. ‘*It was a complete shock,’’ she Says. that ‘‘this isn’t a nightmare — this is really happening,’’ Corbett now faces the brutal reality of being diagnosed with diabetes: Her life expectancy is chopped. by a third. She is at higher risk for things © Diabetes Support Group is at 7 — p.m, Monday, November 1, in the Tibrary basement. For more in- formation call Kathy at 638-8323 or Gen at 635-3094. Also coming ‘up onNovy, 16 is a refresher clinic for diabetics. Contact Dana Hill at 635-4050 for more info. . ‘Apple of my eye FIRST TERRACE Scouts Gareth Earl, Gaven Barnard, and Shawn Mar- chand put.4 shine on the boxes of apples local cubs and scouts were saling downtown fast Saturday afternoon, The money raised goss to support local scouting ac- tivities, = - DAN ROGERS PHOTO